sea mouse

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See also: seamouse

English

Etymology

Perhaps because it resembles a bedraggled mouse when washed up on shore.

Noun

sea mouse (plural sea mice)

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  1. A marine polychaete worm (genus Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) with the body covered in a dense mat of setae.
  2. The dunlin.

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